The answer to that should be pretty obvious. How many different services relied on internet in 1980? How many will in twenty years?
And I'm not sure the issue still is in its infancy. It's becoming a problem and it's stopping further innovation. I think we really need to think about "internet 2.0".
The internet has added hosts, users and services every year since 1980. It didn't cross a threshold to need priority blah in 1981, not in 1982 either, not in any of the 33 following years. What's so special about the 36th year? Or the 40th?
And I'm not sure the issue still is in its infancy. It's becoming a problem and it's stopping further innovation. I think we really need to think about "internet 2.0".